Economy of Pelinai (Pacifica)

The Kingdom of Pelinai possesses a high-income mixed social market economy with a high degree of focus on mining and manufacturing under the direction of government industrial policies. It is the largest economy directly bordering the Mediterranean Sea, with a nominal GDP of ◎1.72 trillion ($5.61 trillion) and a nominal GDP/capita of $39,438 in 2022.

Pelinai possesses one of the world’s largest single-state populations, the consumer market of which supports the majority of the Pelinese economy; other significant contributors include government expenditure (primarily military) and exports of goods and services.

Sectors

The Pelinese economy is domestic consumption-oriented and weighted towards manufacturing and services, with relatively little economic output from agriculture as a percentage of GDP. A high degree of economic diversification is also present; the most internationally significant economic sectors of Pelinai are aerospace, electronics, machine building, mining, and petrochemicals, followed by automobiles, software, shipbuilding, and luxury goods.

Agriculture

Agriculture remains a well-supported sector of the Pelinese economy despite low relative contribution in comparison to competing sectors, and continues to be viewed by Pelinese state industrial policies as a critical supporter of the wider economic structure. High utilizable crop yields per unit area allow the agricultural sector to remain largely competitive against imported products despite its possession of a comparatively small arable land area of 8.1 million hectares; Pelinai is a major global producer of staple crops like corn, green beans and butter beans, peanuts, potatoes, rice, and squash, as well as other crops like cherries, chili and bell peppers, cinnamon, citrus fruits, peaches, raspberries, roses, strawberries, tea, and watermelons. Highland terrain like the Yukisora Mountains facilitates the commercial farming of cold-weather crops like potatoes, while tropical produce like bananas and cinnamon may be grown in the tropical rainforests of Old Sevaria; most other plants are grown in the temperate, humid subtropical climate that covers most of Pelinai, especially in the Marahu River Valley region.

The ubiquitous presence of highly fertile volcanic ash soil, along with the presence of the Marahu River Valley, have remained the foundation of agricultural productivity within the region of Pelinai since antiquity. Several factors, such as continuing mechanization of agriculture, improved rural infrastructure increasing the accessibility between farms and markets for food, and newly implemented government subsidies on the purchase of high-yield, pest-resistant genetically modified crops, have contributed to a significant rise in agricultural yield per unit area of arable land from the late 1980s to the present era.

Pelinese agricultural composition produces a number of culturally specific goods that are largely peculiar to Pelinai; these include alligator meat and leather, frog legs, roses, and scuppernongs. Roses in particular are one of Pelinai’s most important agricultural products in terms of both cultural importance and value of exported goods, and Pelinai produces a significant portion of the world’s roses, rose water, and rose oil.

Fishing and aquaculture

Pelinai possesses a large and highly developed industry dedicated to the production of seafood. The wild-caught harvesting of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, jellyfish, and seaweed, is practiced commercially across both marine and freshwater environments as appropriate, and is additionally supplemented by extensive aquaculture production of farming-friendly seafood like carp, catfish, crawfish, mussels, shrimp, and tilapia. Since the 1980s, it has also controversially grown into a globally significant producer of whale meat and other whale products.

The wild-caught fishing and harvesting industry of Pelinai is large in size, operating a fishing fleet of roughly 1,800 vessels of 100 tonnes displacement or more. It is much more omnivorous than typical, with a high rate of utilization for bycatch and an extremely wide variety of seafood types commercially harvested. Major types of seafood caught in the wild by Pelinese fisheries include bonito, conger eels, crabs, herring, mackerel, perch, porgies, sardines, shrimp, and squid, as well as other seafood like jellyfish, seaweed, and whales. In addition to operating within Pelinai’s exclusive economic zone, the Pelinese fishing fleet also maintains long-range boats and factory ships to facilitate the harvesting of distant, cold-water dwellers like whales and cod.

Aquacultural practices in Pelinai are widespread; methods employed include both traditional methods such as raising fish in rice paddies, as well as newer techniques for the farming of shrimp and other seafood products. Pelinai is an industry leader in the aquaculture of marine mussels, with a total production of approximately 400,000 tonnes in 2022; other major types of farmed seafood include carp, catfish, clams, crawfish, shrimp, and tilapia, which accounted for roughly 87% of Pelinese aquaculture industry sales by monetary value in 2022.

Services

Luxury goods

Pelinai is a longstanding producer of a variety of luxury goods for the Mediterranean, and various regions of Pelinai are well-known traditional manufacturers of cut precious stones, jewelry, perfume, incense, fine wood products, and other special goods.

Extensive traditions of perfume use in Samarahi, Sevar, and Pelinese culture, as well as easy access to common perfume ingredients like cinnamon, jasmine, orange blossom water, rose oil & rose water, and vanilla have contributed to the development of an extensive and highly advanced perfumery industry in Pelinai; it continues to be one of the largest and most prestigious exporters of perfumes, and an extensive domestic market supports a wide variety of both large manufacturers and artisan labels.

Faceted gemstones, jewelry, cut precious stones, and other precious stone crafts are an artisan industry sector of significant size and cultural importance in Pelinai. Historically and currently significant sources of precious stones include gemstone mines in Loshkaria and Stelossia, along with trade routes connecting to other Mediterranean nations; these sources supply large quantities of diamonds, precious rocks, species of corundum, beryl, quartz, spinel, and other precious stones to dedicated gemstone cutters and other artisan workshops, which are largely concentrated in the city of Sankt Perinaigrad in western Stelossia. An art form traditional to Stelossian and Pelinese culture is the creation of crystal paintings, where relatively turbid pieces of beryl, quartz, and other gemstones are cut and assembled into scenes in a similar manner to stained glass; more expensive examples may also have faceted or otherwise processed pieces to improve clarity or general appearance. Hardstone cameos and cameo incrustations are also produced in Pelinai, typically using agate.

See also

• Pelinese Hana